Lawrence Avenue Avenue Streetscape, Streetscape, from from Lawrence Western Avenue Avenue to to Clark Clark Street Street

Western
Project Overview
Beginning in summer 2013, Lawrence Avenue between Western Avenue and Clark Street will be improved as the City renovates the street with infrastructure upgrades and decorative elements. These enhancements are part of a comprehensive streetscaping project designed by the City of Chicago Department of Transportation in close cooperation with community representatives and your alderman. The project improvements will consist of numerous infrastructure and aesthetic elements, including decorative lighting, stamped crosswalks, permeable pavers, landscaped planters and community identifiers highlighting the Lawrence Avenue corridor. The project will also implement a road diet between Western Avenue and Ashland Avenue that will reduce the existing four travel lanes to three. The lane reduction will be accompanied by signal and pavement marking improvements to better accommodate traffic flow, and will allow for sidewalk widening and a new dedicated bike lane throughout the corridor.

Project Highlights
Parking lane resurfacing to improve drainage; New curb and gutter; New wider sidewalk with ADA ramps; New continuous marked bike lane; Permeable paver parkways; Decorative benches, seats, and bike racks; 200 new shade trees with tree grates; 11 new pedestrian refuge islands; New decorative street lighting with energy efficient, metal halide white light; New vertical community identifiers and lightpole banners; Decorative stamped crosswalks at intersections; Reconstruction of the Claremont Alley Plaza Over 40 new infiltration planters.

Traffic Impacts
Throughout construction, Lawrence Avenue will remain open to motorists and pedestrians and access to businesses and residences will be maintained. In order to keep the street open to traffic parking will not be allowed in the area of active construction. In addition, there will be periodic parking restrictions on some side streets. Work will take place in stages over two years: Stage I: Western Ave. to Damen Ave. 2013 Stage II: Damen Ave. to Clark St. 2014 The CTA routes will not be affected. For more information, please call the CTA information hotline at: (all Chicagoland area codes) 836-7000. The project is scheduled for substantial completion in late 2014.

For additional information, please call the Department of Transportation at (312) 744-5900, email cdotnews@cityofchicago.org, or visit www.cityofchicago.org/transportation.